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Texas Workforce Commission Office of Employer Initiatives How can the Texas Workforce Commission Assist YOU? Programs and Tools to Aid Small Businesses Child Care Programs and their Employees during the Current Turbulent Period Texas
Texas Workforce Commission – Office of Employer Initiatives
Programs and Tools to Aid Small Businesses Child Care Programs and their Employees during the Current Turbulent Period
Texas Workforce Commission – Office of Employer Initiatives
Texas Workforce Commission – Office of Employer Initiatives
Shared Work Program: provides Texas employers with an alternative to layoffs. TWC developed this voluntary program to help Texas employers and employees withstand a slowdown in business. Shared Work allows employers to:
Supplement their employees’ wages lost because of reduced work hours with partial unemployment benefits
Reduce normal weekly work hours for employees in an affected unit by at least 10 percent but not more than 40 percent; the reduction must affect at least 10 percent of the employees in that unit
Employees who qualify will receive both wages and Shared Work unemployment benefits
For more information, please refer to the link below: https://www.twc.texas.gov/businesses/shared-work
Mass unemployment claims: streamlines the unemployment benefit claims process for employers faced with either temporary or permanent layoffs. During COVID – 19 the requirement to submit Mass Claims Request at least five days prior to the planned layoff has been waived.
For more information, please visit: https://twc.texas.gov/businesses/mass- claims-unemployment-benefits
Texas Workforce Commission – Office of Employer Initiatives For more information: http://ui.texasworkforce.org/
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If you have fewer than 500 employees, you are required* to provide up to 80 hours of paid sick leave to any employee who needs to take leave from work for reasons related to COVID-19. The employee qualifies if he or she:
described in (2);
unavailable) for reasons related to COVID-19; or
Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Treasury. *Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees may qualify for exemption from the requirement to provide leave due to school closings or child care unavailability.
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WorkInTexas.com is an online application that offers employers and job
seekers immediate and continuous access to job matching services.
Your local Workforce Solutions office is open and available to help. Instructions for how to log in as a child care provider or for out-of-work child
care teachers can be found here: https://www.twc.texas.gov/news/covid-19-resources-child-care
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Office of Employer Initiatives Skills Development Fund Regional Outreach Staff
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Panhandle Amarillo College Clarendon College Frank Phillips College 2 South Plains South Plains College 10 Borderplex El Paso Community College District 11 Permian Basin Midland College Odessa College Howard College - Big Spring
Muriel Borders (915) 258-9298 muriel.borders@twc.state.tx.us 3
North Texas Vernon College 9 West Central TX Cisco Junior College Ranger College TSTC-West TX Western TX College 12 Concho Valley Howard College – San Angelo
Reba Bacon (512) 936-9835 reba.bacon@twc.state.tx.us
19 Golden Crescent Victoria College 20 Alamo Alamo Colleges 21 South Texas Laredo Community College 22 Coastal Bend Coastal Bend College Del Mar College 23 Lower Rio Grande South Texas College 24 Cameron County Texas Southmost College TSTC-Harlingen 27 Middle Rio Grande Southwest TX Junior College
Sonia Valdez (956) 270-2278 sonia.valdez@twc.state.tx.us
13 Heart of TX Hill College McLennan Community College TSTC-Waco 14 Capital Area 15 Rural Capital Area Austin Community College TSTC-Williamson County 16 Brazos Valley Blinn College Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) 26 Central TX (Seth) Central Texas College Temple College
Marlon Drakes (512) 936-2613 marlon.drakes@twc.state.tx.us
18 South East TX Lamar Institute of Tech. Lamar St College-Orange Lamar St College-Port Arthur 28 Gulf Coast Brazosport College College of the Mainland Galveston College Lee College San Jacinto College District Alvin Community College Wharton County Jr. College Houston CC System Lone Star College System TSTC-Fort Bend (Marlon)
Kristina DeWitty (832) 707-6122 kristina.dewitty@twc.state.tx.us 4
North Central TX Collin College Weatherford College Navarro College TSTC-North Texas (Marlon) 5 Tarrant County. Tarrant County College 6 Greater Dallas DCCCD- District Brookhaven College Cedar Valley College Eastfield College El Centro College Mountain View College North Lake College Richland College 25 Texoma Grayson College North Central Texas College
Seth Green (512) 463-7213 Seth.Green@twc.state.tx.us 7
North East TX Northeast Texas CC Paris Jr. College Texarkana College 8 East Texas Trinity Valley CC Kilgore College Tyler Junior College TSTC- Marshall Panola College 17 Deep East TX Angelina College Marlon Drakes (temporary)
(512) 936-2613 marlon.drakes@twc.state.tx.u s
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Targets private for profit businesses that employs at least 1 & not more than 99.
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The program pays tuition & fees up to $1,800 for new employees.
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Up To $900 for existing employees, per 12-month period
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Eligible employees must be full-time, W-2
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Training providers include public community or technical colleges, or Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
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Matt Sniadecki Program Manager (512) 936-6404 Matt.Sniadecki@twc.state.tx.us skillsforsmallbusiness@twc.state.tx.us
Texas Workforce Commission – Office of Employer Initiatives
This program offers loans of up to $10 million for payroll, mortgage, rent, utilities, etc.
PPP Loan Period - February 15, 2020 to June 30,2020 Business in operation as of February 15, 2020 Business must have been harmed by COVID-19 between February 15
through June 30, 2020
Cash Flow Protection during emergency through 100 % federally
guarantee loans to employers
If payroll maintained during emergency loans will be forgiven
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Step 1: Please use the following link to find an approved vendor: https://www.sba.gov/paycheckprotection/find
Step 2: FInd the application here: https://www.sba.gov/document/sba-form-- paycheck-protection-program-borrower-application-form
Use the following link to find your local SBA office: https://www.sba.gov/local- assistance/find/?type=SBA%20District%20Office&pageNumber=1
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Up to $2 million in assistance and can provide vital economic
support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing.
Emergency advance up to $10,000 harmed by COVID within 3-
days of applying for EIDl (application must be submitted before a business can request the advance).
The advance does not need to be repaid under any
circumstances.
May be used to keep employees on the payroll, sick leave,
production cost due to supply-chain disruptions.
Also, pay business obligations, including debt, rent and
mortgage payments
For more information, please
visit: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster- assistance
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Immediate relief to small businesses with non-disaster SBA Loans SBA cover loan payments on 7(a), 504, and Microloans Debt relief available to new borrowers who take out loans within
six months of President signing the bill in to law.
For more information, please visit: https://www.sba.gov/funding-
programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/sba-debt-relief
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Provision would provide a refundable payroll tax credit for 50
percent of wages paid by eligible employers to certain employees during the COVID-19 crisis.
Available to employers, including non-profits, whose operation have
been fully or partially suspended as a result of a government order limiting commerce, travel or group meetings.
Also provided to employers who have experienced a greater than
50 percent reduction in quarterly receipts, measured on a year-over- year basis.
Wages of employees who are furloughed or face reduced hours as
a result of their employer’s closure or economic hardship are eligible for the credit.
For employers with 100 or fewer full-time employees, all employee
wages and compensation, health benefits, for the first $10,000 in wages and compensation.
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Many business owners need a business counselor to help guide
through uncertain times
Turn to your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for
support with counseling and up-to-date information and resources related to COVID-19
Other resource partners include: Women’s Business Centers
(WBC), Minority Business Development Agency’s Business Centers (MBDCs), and SCORE
For assistance finding your local SBDC office, please
visit: https://sbdctexas.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/01/TXSBDC_Directory_CompressedWeb.p df
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Commissioner Aaron Demerson, Commissioner Representing Employers The Employer Commissioner has developed and is maintaining FAQs and
https://twc.texas.gov/files/agency/faq-texas-employers-twc.docx , Hotline to his office for any questions you may have:
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Information regarding COVID-19 is constantly changing so make sure to get the most up-to-date information at the following helpful TWC links:
https://twc.texas.gov/news/covid-19-resources-employers Facebook: @Texasworkforcecommission Twitter: @Txworkforce LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/texas-workforce- commission/